Type-writing machine.



E. E. BARNEY. TYPE WRIIING MACHINE. APPLICATION I'ILED AUG-l7. I917.

INVENTUR.

HIE. A'ITUWMEY UNTTED %TATE@ PATENT OFFIQE.

EDWIN E. BARNEY, 0F ILION, NEW YORK, ASSIGNOR 'I'O REMINGTON TYPEWRITER COMPANY, OF ILION, NEW YORK, A CORPORATION OF NEW YORK.

TYPE-WRITING MACHINE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. 2'7, 191?.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, EDWIN E. BARNEY, citizen of the United States, and resident of Ilion, in the county of Herkimer and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Type- Writing Machines, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to typewriting machines and more particularly to tabulating mechanism.

The main object of my invention, gen erally stated, is to provide simple and effective means to aid in setting stops by hand on a stop bar so that they may be rapidly and accurately positioned without the necessity of resorting to the use of a scale.

To the above and other endswhich will hereinafter appear my invention consists in the features of construction, arrangements of parts and combinations of devices set forth in the following description and particularly pointed out in the appended claims.

In the accompanying drawings, wherein like reference characters represent corresponding parts in the various views,

Figure 1 is a fragmentary side elevation with parts in section of only so much of a typewriting machine as is necessary to illus- .trate my invention.

Fig. 2 is a detail perspective view of a sheet metal bracket, which forms a support for the stop setting gage or guide of my invention.

Fig. 3 is a fragmentary plan view of a part represented in Fig. 1.

Fig. 4 is a detail perspective view of the stop setting gage or device.

Heretofore in setting column stops by .hand it has been customary for the operator to first determine with reference to an ordinary carriage scale just where each column stop is to be located and then to set the column stops at corresponding polnts on the stop bar with the aid of a scale thereon which corresponds to the carriage scale. This is a slow, tedious and unsatisfactory method that often results in the column stops being improperly placed and in some instances the improper setting of the stops may not be observed until the work has been spoiled. By my present invention I overcome these disadvantages and provide a director or guide with the aid of which each stop may be set by hand on the stop bar without resorting to the use of a scale and with the assurance that each stop will be properly positioned with mechanical accuracy, as will hereinafter appear.

In the present instance I have embodied my invention in a No. 10 Remington machine, which is equipped with a column selector like that disclosed in the patent to George A. Seib, No. 1,132,286, dated March 16, 1915, but h ve only shown so much of that machine as may be necessary to arrive at an understanding of my invention. It should be understood, however, that the invention may be embodied in various other styles of typewriting machines, and wherever it may be found available as an aid in properly placing stops on a stop bar.

In the No. 10 Remington machine the tabulator rack or column stop bar 1 is carried by and travels with the carriage and for the purposes of the present case this stop bar may be regarded as a part of the carriage. The toothed bar 1 is provided with interdental spaces 2 located at letter space intervals throughout its length to provide individual attaching means by which each plate-like bifurcated column stop 3 may be connected with the bar at different points in the length thereof. Each stop has the usual retaining spring t which engages the bar when the stop is introduced in place in an interdental space therein, thus holding the stop against accidental detachment from the bar. In the present instance each stop is shown provided with a contact portion 5, the contact portions on different stopstraveling in different paths.

Cooperative key controlled selecting stops 6 are arranged at different elevations where each may be projected in the path only of the stop or steps 3 which have their contact portions 5 at the same elevation as the projected key controlled stop. The stops 6 are pivoted in a frame 7, which is secured to the frame of the machine and for the purposes of the present case may be regarded as a part thereof.

The parts thus far described are con structed like the corresponding parts in the No. 10 Remington machine, equipped with the-Seib invention; although for the purpose of my present-inventionanysuitablecolumn stop or tabulator stop mechanism may be employed.

A sheet .metal. bracket, designated as a Wholeby'the reference numeral 8, may be formed as indicated in Fig.1:2 and as-"thus constructed is adapted to embrace the upper portion: of the tabulator frame 7 as:-repre sentediin'Figsal and 3.. Each side 9of the: bracket is perforated: at 10 for the reception. of the stem of aheaded screw 11. .by whicln the bracket is securedito the *tabulator frame or1=housingr7; The front of thebracket 8 is open or apertured at: 12 for the free passage therethrouglrof the. selecting. stops 64- Upwardly projecting'ears l3-eXtend from the.

bracket 8, said ears being. turned at. their ends to :form bearings 14- to receive ELHClillOlCl a pivot pin: 15. A" plate-like guide designatedi. as av whole by the reference numeral 16; and: preferably madeof sheet metal, is formed withi downwardly projecting perfo= rated ears 1-? by w-hichiit is-mountedion thepivot: pini 15. between the cars 13. A coiled spring: 18 surrounds the pin- 15 and bears at one end, as at l9, against the'guide and-forward of: the pivot 15 thereof; The opposite end of thespring bears'againstthe front of a the bracket 8 so that the force of the spring is GXGIiZQClstO DlOVG the-gulde toand hold it normally in the upper. full-line position showirin Fig: 1'. Fromian Inspection of this figureit will beseenthat: the rear end20 of theguide bears-0n the'top of the housing 7,. andihmitsfthe movement of the-gulde underon the stop ban extendvertically. This is-to facilitate'the attachment or resetting of the stops. 1

Let it be assumed that a. resetting is desired} that the bar has been turned tov the position shown in Fig;- 3,.and1 that the stops havebeen removed. The. operator'may' then:- introduce a work sheet into the machine...

The work sheets are ordinarily ruled with vertical lines to determine the different columns. After such a sheet, or a previously prepareddummy sheet indicating where the different columns are to come on the sheet, has been introduced into the machine, the

carriage is moved along until the pointon ihesheet where the'fir'st of theseries of columns is to begin is at the printing point. A printing'point indicator is usually employed to aid in thus positioning the carriage. The guide is then turned from the full-line to the.dottedlineposition shown in Fig. 1 and the slot 21 in the guide will be brought into register with the pair. ofoppositely disposed SpaCes Z-inhthestop bar-,-..t11e-body of the guidecovering the spaces-on either side-of those which are iniregister with the opening. 21.v The operator then. inserts a stop through the openmg'filinto the. only space- 2 in the-bar in whiohthestop. canbe received at this time. From an-.inspecti0n of? Fig. 3 i it will be seen" that the opening '21 in the guide is just to the right of. the abrupt engaging faces 6 of tl18;S6 I';iQS= of l ey a=ctuatecl1 stops 6. Therefore; each stop 3 placedon the banwitlrthe aid of the. guide 16' will subsequently I co-act-with its associated key controlled projected stop 6.- when ever the carriagereachesthe point where the stop. was introducedthrough the guide. After the first stop-3 isinplace the guide is released and? is returned by-its spring to normalposition. The operator thensmove-s the carriage alonguntil the beginning of the second column reaches the printing point. The guide is then moved to effective or operative position and a second stop.3i-is introduced as-before. And so on the stops are placed-imposition on. the bar oneafter another untilthe requisite number are in place; then the bar is turned back to the operative position shown inFig: l.

The device l6serves to'guide-the eye and the hand of the operator immediately to the it place. at which the tabulator stop is to'be located and then serves to aid the operator in the on the bar.

The-prongs 21 oneitherside of the slot 21 may be of a width. to cover. on or more pairs ofregistering kerfscto the right. and pa r into whlclithe stop is about to be inserted,;thusmak1ngit much left of the selected easier or less confusing for the operator .in the actof setting: the; stops: Although I have. shown. and prefer. :a stop-bar comprisingtwo rows of teethwith spaces therebe.

tween. it will .bewunderstood that diiferent forms or constructlons ofstopbars may be.

used. instead; Likewise other detail con struction ofltabulator steps. may be em-- ployedin l1eu of that" herein illustrated andl preferred: 7

placement or attachment of the stop- From the foregoing description it will be understood that the guide 16 is carried by a fixed portion of the machine and bears a definite relation to the key projected stops 6 and to the printing point, and as the carriage arrives in the proper position, automatically indicates or denotes to the operator the position where the stop is to be placed and also acts as a gage or guide for the operator in hand positioning the stops on the relatively movable stop bar.

It will be understood that in the event of the stop bar being carried by the frame of the machine the guide or gage will be carried by the carriage. In either event one of these members is carried by the carriage and the other by the frame of the machine and there is a relative movement between the stop bar and the guide.

What I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. In a typewriting machine, the combination of a stop bar, stops attachable by hand to said bar at different points along the same, and a guide separate and distinct from the bar to aid in the hand positioning of said stops on the bar.

2. In a typewriting machine, the combination of a stop bar, stops attachable by hand to said bar at diiierent points along the same, and a guide movable into and out of cooperative relation With said bar to aid in the hand positioning of said stops on the bar.

3. In a typewriting machine, the combination of a stop bar, stops attachable by hand to said bar at diflerent points along the same, and a guide separate and distinct from the bar to aid in the hand positioning of said stops on the bar, one of said bar and guide parts being carried by the frame of the machine and the other by the carriage so that one is moved relatively to the other during the travel of the carriage.

4. In a typewriting machine, the combination of-a stop bar, stops attachable by hand to said bar at difierent points along the same, and a mechanical device separate and distinct from the stops and stop bar and which denotes to the operator the position on the stop bar where a stop is to be attached by hand.

5. In a typewriting machine, the combination of a stop bar, stops attachable by hand to said bar at difierent points along the same, a device which denotes the position on the stop bar where a stop is to be attached by hand, and means which enable said device to be moved into and out of cooperative relation with said bar.

6. In a typewriting machine, the combination of a stop bar provided with stop attaching means at letter space intervals, and a guide movable into and out of register with an: at:

each individual attaching means on the stop bar to indicate the point where a stop is to be attached to the bar by hand; said guide bearing a definite relation to the printing point.

7. In a typewriting machine, the combination of a stop bar provided with interdental spaces at letter space intervals, and a guide having an aperture adapted to register successively with each interdental space in the stop bar and through which a stop may be introduced by hand into the interdental space with which the aperture in the guide is in register 8. In a typewriting machine, the combination of a stop bar provided with interdental spaces at letter space intervals, and a guide having an aperture adapted to register successively with each interdental space in the stop bar and through which a stop may be introduced by hand into the interdental space with which the aperture in the guide is in register, one of said guide and bar members being carried by the frame of the machine and the other by the carriage, and the guide being mounted for movement into and out of cooperative guiding relation with said bar.

9. In a typewriting machine, the combination of a movable stop bar having attaching means at letter space intervals, stops at tached by hand to said bar, and a springpressed guide carried by a fixed part of the machine and having a guiding portion which is adapted to register successively with each individual attaching means on the stop bar and to guide a stop inserted by hand to the registering attaching means on the bar, the spring for said guide normally maintaining it out of cooperative relation with the bar and the stops thereon.

10. In a typewriting machine, the combination of a stop bar having interdental spaces therein at letter space intervals, and a plate having an aperture therein through which a stop may be introduced by hand into the registering interdental space in the bar, one of said plate and bar members being carried by a fixed part of the machine and the other traveling with the carriage.

11. In a tabulator mechanism, the combination of a stop bar, and a guiding device to assist in the placement of stops by hand on said bar, said guiding device being movable into and out of cooperative relation with said stop bar.

12. In a tabulator mechanism, the combination of a stop bar and a hinged and spring-pressed guide for assisting in the placement of stops on said stop bar.

13. The combination of a stop bar and a guide movable toward and away from said bar and slotted for the passage therethrough of stops to be mounted on said stop bar.

14. Thecombinationof astopbar having- Signedat I'lionin thecounty of Herkia series of kerfs at letter spacev distances mer, and'State' of New York thislth dayjof-W apart, anld a gulidefhaving askgt to reigister Aug-usL-A. VI). 1917. r l

with ase ected er in the sto ar anc av- I 5 ing cover portions for the kGI fS adjacentto EDWIN Y' said selected kerf, said guide being movable Witnesses-z directly by hand into and out ofcooperative ETHEL BARGERWVHITE, V

relation with said stop bar.- MERRITT MJ'LHARRIS.

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